graphic symbol vs phonetic symbol

phonetic symbol vs graphic symbol

graphic symbol and phonetic symbol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
graphic symbol	Yes	No	No	No
phonetic symbol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, phonetic symbol is a hyponym of graphic symbol; that is, phonetic symbol is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than graphic symbol:

graphic symbol: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
phonetic symbol: a written character used in phonetic transcription to represent a particular speech sound

Other hyponyms of graphic symbol include allograph, check character, superior, superscript, inferior, subscript, ASCII character, ligature, capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter, type, percent sign, percentage sign, asterisk, star, dagger, obelisk, diesis, double dagger, double obelisk, alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, blank, space, mathematical symbol, rune, runic letter, pictograph, ideogram, ideograph, radical, stenograph, siglum.

graphic symbol (noun)	phonetic symbol (noun)
a written symbol that is used to represent speech	a written character used in phonetic transcription to represent a particular speech sound

Difference between graphic symbol and phonetic symbol

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